Department of History

The department is responsible for a wide range of research programmes in many different departments in the Faculty.

A number of research centres are hosted by the Department of History:

• Center for American Studies 
• Center for Industri- og Erhvervshistorie 
• Kartografisk Dokumentationscenter 
• Centre of Cold War Studies 
• Centre for Maritime and Regional Studies 
• Centre for Medieval Literature 
• Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies 
• Centre for Medieval Studies   
• Centre for Welfare State Research 

The department is also responsible for the teaching programmes of History, Religion, Contemporary Middle East Studies, American Studies, Classical Studies, and Maritime Archaeology besides the disciplines of History and Social Science at the language and M.Sc. programmes.

The employees are active in national and international networks, and likewise, research is published regularly in national and international journals.